A two-star general who recently headed the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson was denied a promotion to three-star after referring to a congressional staffer as “sweetheart” during a meeting in 2016.
That’s according to military news outlet Stars and Stripes, which reports that Maj. Gen. Ryan Gonsalves was administratively reprimanded after an investigation into the incident. His specific punishment, aside from being denied the promotion to lieutenant general, wasn’t released by the Army.
It stems from a meeting in October 2016 between Gonsalves and office staff with Rep. Jim Langevin (D-Rhode Island) at Fort Carson. According to a report, Gonsalves called a female staffer “sweetheart,” and commented on her age.
Gonsalves also told the staffer to take notes “since she was a Democrat and did not believe in funding the military,” according to a report from the Army Inspector General. (READ MORE)
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The leak, a portion of which is said to have exposed internal data and virtual systems pertaining to “classified communications,” includes roughly 100 gigabytes of information allegedly tied to a failed Army intelligence project, codenamed “Red Disk.”
Researchers say the breach further exposed the private keys of a former intelligence contractor—Invertix, now called Altamira Technologies—which specializes in surveillance and reconnaissance.
UpGuard, the cybersecurity firm that publicly disclosed the breach Tuesday morning, has attributed the leaked data to the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM).
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